Congress to Break for Summer Without Acting on Gun Control

In reversal of earlier plans, House Speaker Paul Ryan says a package won’t get a vote this week

WASHINGTON—Congress will leave the Capitol at the end of this week for a two-month break without passing legislation to tighten access to guns, setting up a volatile summer recess in which the issue is expected to play prominently in the campaigns.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) told Republicans at a closed-door GOP conference meeting on Tuesday that a package that includes a gun-control measure wouldn’t get a vote this week, lawmakers at the meeting said, in a reversal from previous plans. He indicated that holding a...